Yes James, I definetly agree with you on saving the burial grounds, and not just of the Indian, but all of our ancestors graves. I began doing some research from Crawford County, AR and was devasted to know that my great-grandfather may be buried somewhere under I-40. I read in the "History of Headstones of Crawford County" that graves were destroyed to make room for a housing project, roads were cut through them and I-40 was laid over one. Then there is the graveyard in the George Washington Carver monument park in Diamond, Mo. It has been vandalized twice with all the original headstones being knocked over and broken. These are just an inkling of the graves and burial grounds that have been demolished. I just returned from the Random Acts of Kindness website and I did see your name under Haskell County. Way to go, James! -- Fran

Thank you, I certainly didn't mean to not include the necessity of all graves and abandoned cemetaries being preserved. My non-Indian great grandparents are buried in the cemetary at Van Buren, Arkansas. Surname: Franks. The last time I was at the cemetary there was in the early 90s, a lady from our church passed away and her family were buried there. Surname : Yost. ( maiden name: Ollie. I look forward to hearing from you again. James Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Baribeau" <fbarib@sbcglobal.net> To: <indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 9:53 PM Subject: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Harjo > Yes James, I definetly agree with you on saving the burial grounds, and > not just of the Indian, but all of our ancestors graves. I began doing > some research from Crawford County, AR and was devasted to know that my > great-grandfather may be buried somewhere under I-40. I read in the > "History of Headstones of Crawford County" that graves were destroyed to > make room for a housing project, roads were cut through them and I-40 was > laid over one. Then there is the graveyard in the George Washington Carver > monument park in Diamond, Mo. It has been vandalized twice with all the > original headstones being knocked over and broken. These are just an > inkling of the graves and burial grounds that have been demolished. > > I just returned from the Random Acts of Kindness website and I did see > your name under Haskell County. Way to go, James! -- Fran > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >